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U.S. Announces Global Intellectual Property Plan

Posted by Zonk on from the our-way-or-the-highway dept.

Angry_Admin writes "ZDNet is running a story about how the U.S. has announced new plans to expand its crackdown on intellectual-property infringement overseas. From the article:'One program would place intellectual property experts on the ground in regions where infringement is considered a concern. There they would work with overseas U.S. businesses and native government officials to advocate improved intellectual-property rights protection, according to a department fact sheet. Another program, called the Global Intellectual Property Rights Academy, would train foreign judges, enforcement officials and other stakeholders in international intellectual property obligations and best practices.'"

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  1. That's it! by Dizzo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Screw this, I'm moving... oh, wait.

  2. Hmmm. How can we gouge other countries? by HolyCrapSCOsux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The problem is, other countries have other laws. You can't enforce US law in china. They'll tell us just where we can stick our initiative. I hope that ALL the countries do the same....

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    1. Re:Hmmm. How can we gouge other countries? by brendalson · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hell, I'm a US citizen and I have a reflex against US citizens.

  3. When questioned about this plan... by Suzumushi · · Score: 5, Funny

    The RIAA/MPAA spokespeople for the US government responded, "We just need some breathing space."

  4. How to control the world by wlvdc · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hmm, this sounds more like a world domination plan. So the US-government and US-businesses have agreed that all intellectual-property shall be theirs, and their agents ("... train foreign judges") will do the field administration to assure US interests secured. Why is the US so convinced of it's own legal system. Why should it work for the rest of the world?

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  5. So this *isn't* colonialism, right? by myowntrueself · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the article:'One program would place intellectual property experts on the ground in regions where infringement is considered a concern. There they would work with overseas U.S. businesses and native government officials to advocate improved intellectual-property rights protection

    *native* government officials?

    Lord Blimey, we can't have those nig-nogs and fuzzy-wuzzies running about without proper supervision! They might *violate* our intellectual property!

    Send the colonial administrators in to pick out a few of the more obedient and docile wogs and turn them into loyal colonial servants.

    (and if you can't spot the sarcasm in that, you'd better bloody well mod me down, hadn't you?)

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  6. Isn't it ironic... by Enlarged+to+Show+Tex · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...that the US wants foreign judges to consider US law as it judges things in its own jurisdiction, yet doesn't want US judges to consider foreign law as it judges matters here in the US?

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